We noted before that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler was planning on opening a wrestling-themed restaurant on Beale Street in Memphis. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports that “King Jerry Lawler’s Hall of Fame Bar & Grille” will open before May at 159 Beale where Flynn’s Restaurant & Bar used to be. Lawler said it will be more like a restaurant with entertainment than a bar or a club. The restaurant will also feature some of Lawler’s art.
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Jerry “The King” Lawler Receives Death Threats Over Trump Tweet
WMC Action News 5 in Memphis is reporting that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler is receiving death threats over a tweet in support of Presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Lawler sent out a tweet last week encouraging voters in New Hampshire to get out and vote for Trump. While Lawler received a mix of support or disappointment over his support of Trump, Lawler reportedly got tweets wishing death upon the WWE commentator. Lawler told WMZ Action News 5 that sending out the tweet was probably not the best idea.
In case you missed it here is Lawler’s tweet:
Jerry “The King” Lawler Planning To Open Bar & Grill In Memphis
Source: Michael Donahue of The Commercial Appeal
WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler said Sunday that he is looking to open a wrestling-themed bar and grill on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
Plans are in the works, he said, declining to provide additional details.
Lawler is signed to WWE, where he serves as the color commentator on the “Main Event” and “SmackDown” broadcasts.
A lifelong Memphian, the Lawler spends a lot of time in Memphis, appearing at festivals and other events around town.
Jerry Lawler & His Girlfriend Was Involved In A Car Wreck Halloween Night
WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The Kink” Lawler and his girlfriend Lauryn Laine McBride were involved in a car wreck on Halloween night. They are both fine, she did spent about 4 hours at the hospital emergency room.
Below are a couple of tweets from Lawler and a post about the accident on Lauryn’s Facebook page:
Jerry Lawler Says SmackDown May Be Live In 2016 On USA Network
WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler talks with The Sound Magazine’s Scott Yager at the recent New York City Comic Con about possible big changes for when SmackDown moves to USA Network next year.
Lawler said: “There’s going to be a lot of stuff going on on SmackDown, they’re getting ready to make that a really… because it’s coming back on USA. There’s a very good possibility in the near future that SamckDown may be live.”
Lawler also talked about his legendary feud with Andy Kaufman.
Below is the video of Lawler talking with Scott Yager at New York City Comic Con:
WWE Hall Of Famers Wrestling At Indy Show In Tennessee
WWE Hall of Famers Jerry “The King” Lawler and Terry Funk will square off in the main event at the USA Championship Wrestling show in Jackson, TN on October 24th. The event will also feature the legendary Voice of Memphis Wrestling Lance Russell and legendary tag team The Rock N’ Roll Express.
Below are some videos of Lawler VS Funk from the Memphis Wrestling days:
Jerry “The King” Lawler VS Kevin Owens 8/2/14 (video)
Jerry “The King” Lawler mentioned that he has wrestled Kevin Owens during a recent WWE broadcast. Below is Lawler VS Owens (Kevin Steen) in a Piledriver Match at the Northeast Wrestling event Wrestling Under The Stars 3 on August 2, 2014.
Trailer For Jerry “The King” Lawler DVD
The trailer for the forthcoming Jerry “The King” Lawler documentary DVD ‘WWE It’s Good To Be the King: The Jerry Lawler Story’ has been released.
Legends Of Memphis Wrestling & Other Stuff From POP!CON
I got to attend the comic convention POP!CON in Evansville, In, where I got to meet some of the Legends of Memphis Wrestling, Jerry “The King” Lawler, “Grand Master Sexy” Brian Christopher, “the Boogie Woogie Man” “Handsome” Jimmy Valiant, “The Voice of Memphis Wrestling” Lance Russell and “Superstar” Bill Dundee. I had a blast getting to meet these guys I grew up watching.
I had the chance to talk with “Grand Master Sexay” Brian Christopher about the old days of Memphis Wrestling. He shared with me a story about his dad (Jerry “the King” Lawler”) wrestling The Giant Gonzalez at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, where Lawler threw a fireball at Gonzalez and his fur he wore on his suit caught fire, Gonzalez for real got angry at Lawler and Lawler told him if he has a problem with it he could always fire him. We talked about the great matches that I got to see in Evansville, In at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum.
Here are some of the photos I was able to take, Sorry but I realized I failed to get a photo of “Dangerous” Doug Gilbert, who was there:
Jerry Lawler was presented with a Super Hero of the year award.
There was more than just wrestling at POP!CON, People were dressed in costumes of their favorite wrestlers, Super Heroes, Star Wars characters, Star Trek characters and other comic book and movie characters, below is some photos I posted on Twitter from the event:
Jerry Lawler Still Hosting WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony
1Wrestling.com’s Bill Apter posted a video to his YouTube page last night stating that he spoke with Jerry “The King” Lawler about the rumors of him not hosting this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in favor of Eve Marie. Lawler called it a “BS rumor.”
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